POW-MIA race and walk on Sunday

The start and finish are in the Boston Teachers Union parking lot on Day Boulevard in South Boston, next to the State Police barracks.

Race organizer Maureen Dunn of Randolph said the purpose of the event is to make the public aware of the need to obtain the release or recover the remains of all American military personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action. There are still 1,740 Americans listed as POW-MIA from the Vietnam War, with 842 accounted since the end of war. A Navy pilot, Capt. Michael Speicher, has been missing in action since the first Gulf War in 1991.

Dunn is one of the founders of the campaign on behalf of POW-MIAs. Her husband, Navy Cmdr. Joseph Dunn, has been missing since his plane was shot down over the South China Sea on Feb. 14, 1968.

Pre-race registration begins at 8 a.m. on Sunday. The day-of-race entry fee is $25, with a discount for those serving in the military with IDs.

For more information, contact Dunn at 781-961-2110.

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